A modern-day retelling of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” unfolds this week, with Kathy Bates as the Red Queen and Caterina Scorsone as Alice. The heroine is an independent young woman who finds herself a stranger in an outlandish city of twisted towers and casinos built out of playing cards. Along the way, Alice meets the Mad Hatter, the Caterpillar and other favorite characters from the book.

* ALICE, Today and Monday, 9 p.m., SyFy

First ‘Family’ Noel

Christmas is in full swing at the Dunphy house until the kids get in some trouble, and Phil (Ty Burrell) and Claire (Julie Bowen) threaten to take away Christmas until one of them fesses up. Meanwhile, Jay (Ed O’Neill) struggles with wanting to stick to his holiday traditions while Gloria (Sofia Vergara) and Manny (Rico Rodriguez) want to incorporate some of their Colombian customs. Over at the alternative household, Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) take Lily to the mall for her first picture with Santa, but end up with a disgruntled mall Santa on their hands. Fred Willard guests as Phil’s dad.

* MODERN FAMILY, Wednesday, 9 p.m., ABC

Last song for ‘Glee’

The Glee Club is about to enter the sectionals when Quinn’s (Dianna Agron) secret comes out, and the club members need time to recover before they can compete. Meanwhile, dastardly Sue’s (Jane Lynch) scheming reaches an all-time low, and Will (Matthew Morrison) makes a decision that could change his life forever. Hint: it has something to do with the impending nuptials of Emma and Ken.

* GLEE, Wednesday, 9 p.m., Fox

Still Mork after all these years

Robin Williams goes way back with HBO. The cable network first showcased the hyperactive, irreverent comic in a “Young Comedians” special, a year before he became an overnight sensation — in 1978, on “Mork and Mindy.” Since those days, Williams has done four solo specials for the network — in 1978, 1983, 1986 and 2002. Now, the Oscar-winning star of “Good Will Hunting” and “Dead Poets Society” returns in a performance that was taped at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.